NOVUM TESTAMENTUM DOMINI NOSTRI JESU CHRISTI 1666 RARE POCKET NEW TESTAMENT
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[BIBLE - NEW TESTAMENT; BEZA, Theodoro (ed.)]. Novum Testamentum Domini Nostri Iesu Christi: Interprete Thodoro Beza. Cambridge: John Field, printer to the University, 1666.
New edition. Leather-bound; hardcover; 24mo (11.5cm x 5.5cm x 2cm); unpaginated; signatures: A-S¹² (last leaf blank). Latin text. Bound in contemporary full calf, smooth spine with red morocco lettering-piece; marbled endpapers; engraved title within architectural frame with Royal arms at the top. Condition: GOOD. Binding tight and secure with light rubbing to joints and extremities. Interior largely well-preserved, a few headlines just shaved, minor browning. Scarce (Not in ESTC).
Notes: A lovely copy of a pocket New Testament, in an edition not recorded in ESTC, possibly the first Latin New Testament printed by John Field. ESTC R15386 is a 1676 edition, R172954 is a 1683 edition. Worldcat locates one copy of this date, in Albion College, Michigan.